- Homosexuality
- ⚢Unknown
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- Unknown
- Changing Gender
- Unknown
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Legal, but restricted for minors
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- Unknown
- Employment Discrimination
- Unknown
- Housing Discrimination
- Unknown
- Adoption
- Unknown
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- Unknown
- Donating Blood
- Unknown
- Conversion Therapy
- Unknown
- Age of Consent
- Unknown
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Same-sex marriage in Hukui is banned.
Current status
Banned under federal Japan law
Japan high court has upheld their rulings for keeping same-sex marriage illegal. Most recent ruling being 2023, Toyoko has begun issuing special same-sex partnership certificates. However, they do not mirror same-sex marriage certificates from the country.
Moreover, in March of 2025, the Nagoya High Court has ruled the ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional.
Moreover, in March of 2025, the Nagoya High Court has ruled the ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Hukui is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Right to change legal gender in Hukui is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Gender-affirming care in Hukui is legal, but restricted for minors.
Current status
Since May 28, 1997
Legal, but restricted for minors under federal Japan law
The Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (JSPN) allows Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) for those aged 15 and over with parental consent. The law considered to have potentially banned it was the Eugenics Protection Law but in 1998 it was ruled that when done in accordance of JSPN regulations it was not in violation of the law.
Until May 28, 1997
Banned under federal Japan law
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Hukui is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT employment discrimination in Hukui is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT housing discrimination in Hukui is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Serving openly in military in Hukui is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
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